Exclusive: Pittsburgh has second-lowest number of minority law partners in U.S.

Pittsburgh law firms have the lowest percentage of minority partners than any major U.S. city except for Cleveland. According to a new report by the National Association for Law Placement and provided exclusively to the Pittsburgh Business Times, just 2.88 percent of local lawyers accorded partner status are African-American, Hispanic or Asian. Cleveland tallied 2.87 percent and Grand Rapids, Mich., was third-worst at 2.89 percent. For point of contrast, minorities account for 29.87 percent of partners…